ASK A QUESTION Why tiene and esta?
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Avergonzado (ashamed) and enfermo (sick) are adjectives of temporary condition. These require the use of a form of estar.
Dolor (ache) and miedo ( fear) are nouns.
This link is to a video in the forum about the verb estar and the uses of it.
[url=http://learnspanish.spanishdict.com/video/video/show'id=1710195%3AVideo%3A1782&context=user]http://learnspanish.spanishdict.com/video/video/show'id=1710195%3AVideo%3A1782&context=user[/url]
The following links are to videos in the forum about idiomatic expressions with tener.
[url=http://learnspanish.spanishdict.com/video/video/show'id=1710195%3AVideo%3A1767]http://learnspanish.spanishdict.com/video/video/show'id=1710195%3AVideo%3A1767[/url]
[url=http://learnspanish.spanishdict.com/video/video/show'id=1710195%3AVideo%3A1770&context=user]http://learnspanish.spanishdict.com/video/video/show'id=1710195%3AVideo%3A1770&context=user[/url]
[url=http://learnspanish.spanishdict.com/video/video/show'id=1710195%3AVideo%3A1773&context=user]http://learnspanish.spanishdict.com/video/video/show'id=1710195%3AVideo%3A1773&context=user[/url]
[url=http://learnspanish.spanishdict.com/video/video/show'id=1710195%3AVideo%3A1776&context=user]http://learnspanish.spanishdict.com/video/video/show'id=1710195%3AVideo%3A1776&context=user[/url]
you could say "él tiene verguenza" but as cherry says, with fear or to be afraid you have to use tener,

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